Monthly Archives: April 2008

BlogHerAds!

Money
You may notice something new on my site – over there to the right – at the top of my blog? A couple of weeks ago I decided to check out BlogHerAds and they were accepting applications. I signed up and a few days after that when I logged on they had a notice up that they were sorry, but they were not accepting applications at this time. Well, I guess I signed up right at the perfect time! BlogHerAds… Read the rest

Festival of Frugality

Carnivals
Neat! I finally worked up my nerve and submitted a post to one of the carnivals, Festival of Frugality. This week's host is Aaron Stroud of On Financial Success. Thank you, Aaron for hosting and including me in The Paragraph Edition | Festival of Frugality 122. OUT OF DEBT AGAIN is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to… Read the rest

Grocery Shopping Series Part I: Cheaper Ground Beef

saving money
In this series I'm going to tell you how to get ground beef cheaper, which is actually higher quality than standard ground beef. When I was six years old, my mom worked as a meat wrapper for the butcher shop in a local grocery store. All my life she's taken the sale cuts of meat to the butcher to have them ground. Most people don't seem to know that's an option – or maybe they are afraid to ask? Have… Read the rest

Order Your Checks By Mail

saving money
Do you still order your checks through your bank? You can save quite a bit of money if you order them yourself. A friend of mine has been collecting the inserts from the past few Sunday papers and asked if I could help her find the best deal. First let me say that it would be much easier to just use the inserts from the paper, than try to figure it out on the websites! I mistakenly thought I'd be… Read the rest